Reinventing Professionals

In this 59th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed Lexpo 2026, learning from AI use cases, and attending RelFest London and LegalTechTalk.

I spoke with Lexi Lutz, the General Counsel at Summize, a provider of AI-powered contract lifecycle management software. We discussed how law department leaders are balancing speed, governance, and trust in an AI-enabled era of legal services, where legal teams still struggle to gain credibility as innovation partners, and the skills that future lawyers and legal leaders need to succeed.

I spoke with Dean Sonderegger, the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions. We discussed the state of AI adoption in corporate legal departments, the biggest barrier preventing legal departments from actually operationalizing AI, and what vendors can do to help move the industry forward.

I spoke with Kyle Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Zubu AI, which is an in-place data collection and preservation tool for litigation. We discussed the importance of in-place preservation, how Zubu is built for an emerging enterprise AI data layer, and what legal data preservation looks like within ChatGPT and Claude.

In this 58th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the 2026 CLOC Global Institute, revisiting law firm economics, understanding the cost of Legal AI, and looking forward to Lexpo 2026.

I spoke with Torben Rankine, the Director of Corporate Sales at SS&C Intralinks, following the company's 2nd Annual AI Bootcamp on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. We discussed how corporate development teams in Silicon Valley are identifying opportunities in the current market, applying generative and agentic AI to drive growth within their organizations, and aligning legal and deal-process teams.

I spoke with Kyle Poe, the Vice President of Legal Innovation & Strategy at Legora, a legal AI platform for law firms and legal departments. We discussed how law firms quantify and qualify the ROI of their legal AI investments, which metrics law firm leaders should focus on, and how the Legora ROI Report will help them.

I spoke with Kyle Robisch, a partner at Latitude Legal, a provider of flexible legal talent, and founder of its Tampa office. We discussed the value of flex legal talent, how AI is creating both headwinds and tailwinds for it, and how lawyers can position themselves to succeed in 2026.

In this 57th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the emergence of AI-first law firms, Claude for Legal, upskilling to advance your career, and verifying legal citations. 

I spoke with John Jakovenko, the founder of Jakovenko Group, a law firm consulting company focused on operational excellence, financial clarity, and scalable growth. We discussed the biggest operational blind spots facing small and midsize law firms, why firms struggle with profitability even when revenue looks strong, how law firms can implement KPIs, and the first system managing partners should fix.

I spoke with Adam Masarek, a lawyer, epidemiologist, and the Legal Marketing Manager for Lex Machina®, the LexisNexis® Legal Analytics® platform. We discussed how complex, high-stakes disputes are evolving, what the Trade Secret Litigation Report reveals about trade secret litigation, and the value of moving from intuition-based decisions to evidence-based planning in high-stakes cases.

I spoke with Tony McKenna, the Chief Information Officer at Lawfront, a group of regional law firms focused on providing legal services in the UK. We discussed how Lawfront differs from a traditional law firm, the advantages of law firms aligned with Lawfront that other independent firms may not have, and how AI is affecting the law firm business model.

I spoke with David Solomon and Joe Tiano, the CEO and Co-Founder, respectively, at Legal Decoder, a legal spend analytics platform. We discussed how Legal Decoder’s analytics approach differs from traditional e-billing review or timekeeper compliance tools, the company’s investment from Trajectory Capital, and how AI is changing the way legal work is structured, priced, and delivered.